Brad Christian, PhD – Slide of the Week
PET amyloid [11C]PiB imaging has revealed early detection of Aβ in the striatum in individuals with Down Syndrome (DS), a group carrying genetic risk for AD.
August 8, 2022
Pelin Cengiz, MD – Slide of the Week
The variability of severity in hypoxia ischemia (HI) induced brain injury among research subjects is a major challenge in developmental brain injury research.
August 1, 2022
Lauren Bishop, PhD – Slide of the Week
Assessing the impact of interdisciplinary training programs is highly desirable and needed. However, there are currently no established methods to prospectively assess long-term outcomes of trainees compared to individuals who did not receive training.
July 22, 2022
Xinyu Zhao, PhD – Slide of the Week
Neurodevelopmental impairment contributes to the hallmark cognitive disability in individuals with Down syndrome (DS, trisomy 21, T21).
July 18, 2022
Anita Bhattacharyya, PhD – Slide of the Week
The appearance of cognitive deficits in infancy suggests that alterations emerge during the earliest stages of neural development and continue throughout the lifespan in DS.
July 10, 2022
Barbara Bendlin, PhD – Slide of the Week
Insulin resistance (IR) has been related to reduced cerebral glucose metabolism in regions identified as hypometabolic in Alzheimer’s clinical syndrome. Insulin secretion (IS) has been less studied than IR despite findings that decreased IS is an early indicator of future type 2 diabetes and a potential predictor of Alzheimer’s clinical syndrome.
June 27, 2022
Timothy M. Gomez, PhD – Slide of the Week
Photoreceptors (PRs) are the primary visual sensory cells, and their loss leads to blindness that is currently incurable. Although cell replacement therapy holds promise, success is hindered by our limited understanding of PR axon growth during development and regeneration.
June 17, 2022
Andrew Alexander, PhD – Slide of the Week
Quantitative neuroimaging studies in twin samples can investigate genetic contributions to brain structure and microstructure
June 10, 2022
Daifeng Wang, PhD – Slide of the Week
Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDDs), such as Down syndrome, Fragile X syndrome, Rett syndrome, and autism spectrum disorder, usually manifest at birth or early childhood.
June 3, 2022
Houri K. Vorperian, PhD – Slide of the Week
Title: Anatomic development of the upper airway during the first five years of life: A three-dimensional imaging study Legend: Illustration of the airway regions and measurements. The four airway regions [Nasopharynx (blue); Oropharynx (red); Laryngopharynx …
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